The cost of compliance with product standards for firms in developing countries: an econometric study (English)

Standards and technical regulations exist to protect consumer safety or to achieve other goals, such as ensuring the interoperability of telecommunications systems, for example. Standards and technical regulations can, however, raise substantially both start-up and production costs for firms. Maskus, Otsuki, and Wilson develop econometric models to provide the first estimates of the incremental production costs for firms in developing nations in conforming...

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Maskus,Keith E.;

Otsuki,Tsunehiro;

Wilson,John Martin;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3590
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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The cost of compliance with product standards for firms in developing countries: an econometric study
Keywords
foreign standard

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Maskus,Keith E.; Otsuki,Tsunehiro; Wilson,John Martin.

The cost of compliance with product standards for firms in developing countries: an econometric study (English). Policy Research working paper series ; no. WPS 3590 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/441521468330948472

The cost of compliance with product standards for firms in developing countries: an econometric study (English)

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